Show OLD PANAMA CANAL ROUTE considered say the old dionte 1 coining into A washington dispatch says if the view of the administration ie supported by the next congress the president will obtain discretionary authority to acquire either the nicaragua or the panama canal route on this account the stock of the panama canal has risen ainee the adjournment of congress several prominent members of the senate foreign relation committee cor bially favor the idea of empowering the president to choose the route he thinks the more advantageous although the bill which passed the house and was pending before the senate during the last session provided for the adoption of the nicaragua project secretary hay has requested mr flava the colombian minister to sub mit a formal memorandum explaining the verbal proposals regarding ameri can acquisition of the panama canal route which was submitted recently mr corea the nicaraguan minister and mr calvo the costa rican minis ter both of whom have worked ener getic ally to promote the nicaraguan canal will leave next week for their respective countries and will return charged with new instructions relative to the conches ons their governments are willing to make to the united states |